Exploring the Kenya Open Data Portal

To date our international partnerships such as the African Health OER Network have focused mainly on openly licensed teaching materials. In general, Open.Michigan strives to partner with and in some cases build upon other open health initiatives. These could include openly licensed academic journals, open source software (such as for content development, electronic medical records), open standards for equipment or software, or open data (from surveys or evaluations, auto-generated from software platforms).

In July 2011, Kenya made headlines as the first African country to release national government datasets without any restrictions on use or access. The fanfare around the launch has already inspired Open Gov Tanzania and now South Africa, Ghana, and Liberia are also making country commitments for the Open Government Partnership...